Markets Live: Brambles spooks investors
Shares are pulled lower by steep losses in Brambles, defying predictions for a solid start after Wall Street rose on inauguration day.
Jens is the markets and breaking news editor, based in Sydney.
Shares are pulled lower by steep losses in Brambles, defying predictions for a solid start after Wall Street rose on inauguration day.
The dollar has hit a two-month high, following stronger than expected Chinese GDP growth, while stocks are lower as investors remain cautious ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration.
Shares trade flat, buoyed by rallies in CSL and Bega Cheese, while the Aussie dollar stabilises following mixed jobs numbers.
Banks are at the forefront of another day of selling, while political uncertainty sparks turbulence in currencies.
Shares fall for a fourth session out of the last six, as investors turn wary ahead of UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit speech and Trump's inauguration.
Shares trade higher, buoyed by miners on the back of soaring iron ore futures as well as the big banks.
US earnings season will set the pace on sharemarkets at the start of the week, but investors are likely to remain jittery ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration.
Big banks dragged the sharemarket to a weekly loss, as investors took profits in a sector that had performed well since Trump's election win.
Shares fall sharply, pulled down by the big banks as the Trump trade of the past months shows more signs of unwinding.
Healthcare stocks dragged the ASX to its second loss of the year after an address by Donald Trump fuelled investor uncertainty.
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